The best chants make every fan at the
club feel as one and the crucial point is this is one of them,
regardless of race, colour, creed or favoured formation.

In the context of White Hart Lane, Spurs fans own the word.

Within that stadium the word refers to a footballing identity, not a religion or race.

Yes, the chant has its roots in the Jewish heritage of North London and the word, of course, has historical baggage – but not for 90 minutes on a Saturday it doesn't.

Although I fully admire Herbert's grand ambition to rid football of racism, the way he is going about it is deluded, misguided, self-promoting and so damaging to the very cause he is trying to promote. They've got this one badly wrong.

Incidentally, he was also the man who lodged the police complaint over referee Mark Clattenburg's alleged abuse of John Mikel Obi, only I've checked the footage and he wasn't there.

I will do everything I can to help his fight against racism, but insulting the Yid Army has marginalised his loudest supporters.